Monday, June 3, 2013

I am a Backyard Farmer (at heart)

For years I would put in a few veggie plants in a small side garden at the parsonage:) I loved watching the tomatoes, squash and sometimes the cucumber grow. But I dreamed of something bigger...

our own land to plow up and really give "gardening" a chance!

So this year I couldn't wait until it was warm enough to start!! I was very excited and thankful that a another family offered to help us with plowing, preparing the rows and to answer any questions. It's been a blessing to have someone willing to help and not laughing too hard at this Northerner gone Southern trying to garden;)

Can I say how much I LOVE working in the garden;) It's been so cool to watch everything grow;) There is always plenty to do... mostly weeding and watering now that almost evryting is planted (for now). I am also dealing with a pesky garden invader... I'm thinking it's a squirrel:/

The kids love running out each morning to check the size of the squash growing, or the bean plants or find new tomatoes:) They are soo proud of the plants that they planted from seed and now seeing the plants bearing "fruit"... so very cool:) And cute!

fun to watch them grow... this was over a week ago... need to take a pic of them now;)

I realized though this weekend what a different mindset I have now as a backyard farmer. For example, I've always groaned and stayed inside during rainy days... boy, now... I can't wait for it to really rain to feed the garden. A good rain does a much better (and cheaper) job feeding the garden than I can!!

The big thing this weekend was being excited about wasps. Lydia was stung right above the eye on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon last week and had a swollen eye for a few days (my poor little girl)!! So it was really strange for Lydia, Chris and I to be cheering on the wasp to visit all the tomato plants and blossoms;)

My normal husband just shakes his head:) LOL!!

Yep, I'm a backyard farmer:)

And we hope to be picking our first fruits soon:) There will definitely be pictures...
if the squirrel doesn't get into the garden first:/

The Crew

We are a young family with 4 little sweet blessings!! Together we are learning to love the Lord, each other, our extended family, friends and our neighbors!

Anna is 12 and is the best big sister around!! She works hard in home school enjoying math, science and history! During play she likes being Lydia and Chris' teacher as well as practicing the piano, working with horses and her bunny, Mr Darcy, and

Christopher is 11 and is the definition of "all boy"... LEGOS, fishing, tools and weapons! He loves math and retains details from stories and history amazingly well. We love his drawings and stories, his fort building skills and his compassionate heart. Chris blogs about his drawings.

Lydia is feisty and mature at 9!! She's a princess tomboy... One minute she's sword fighting with her brothers, the next minute she is making bracelets with her sister. Lydia loves reading! Her servant's heart and her contagious smile make her a joy! Lydia blogs about the pets at our house.

Nate is our busy 6 yr old!! He loves his siblings and tries to keep up with them!! He provides the entertainment and a lot of the distractions in our days. It's an exciting time watching him learn new things every moment. We all adore his funny statements and crazy antics!